BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, an indictment was unsealed charging Queens Doctor Gracia L. Mayard with illegal distribution of oxycodone, a highly-addictive prescription medicine used to treat severe pain. Mayard is scheduled to be arraigned at 3:00 p.m. today before United States District Judge Joseph F. Bianco, at the United...

May 3, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Lexington man, who used proceeds from trafficking cocaine to purchase houses and vehicles, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for multiple federal offenses. U.S. District Judge Karen C. Caldwell sentenced 35-year-old Marquis Deron Heard on...

BOSTON - Three men, one from Bourne and two from New Bedford, were arraigned late yesterday on an indictment charging them with heroin distribution and related crimes. John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Boston Field Division; United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; Colonel Timothy...

(BURLINGTON, Vt - .) John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on May 2, 2013, Luis Torres, 40, of New Bedford, Massachusetts was sentenced to 100 months...

FRESNO, Calif. - Patricia Gonzales Renteria, 39, and her son Steven Robert Renteria, 19, both of Cathedral City, Calif., were indicted today for possessing and conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States...

SACRAMENTO - Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that a federal grand jury returned a five-count superseding indictment charging Elk Grove residents, Mitchell Chang, 45 and Kelly Liang, 35, with multiple counts of conspiracy to manufacture...

SAN FRANCISCO - The United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) Sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day this past Saturday collected more pills than the previous one, demonstrating the American public’s continued appreciation and need for the opportunity to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, bedside tables, and...

SEATTLE - The United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) Sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day this past Saturday collected 50 percent more pills than the previous one, demonstrating the American public’s continued appreciation and need for the opportunity to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, bedside tables...

SAN DIEGO & IMPERIAL, Calif. - The final tally is in from the 6th National Prescription Take-Back Day this past Saturday, April 27, 2013. DEA and its partners took back prescription drugs at 39 locations in San Diego County and three locations in Imperial County. Over the course of four...

PHOENIX - Today, Douglas W. Coleman, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), announced that this past Saturday, DEA collected 60 percent more pills than the previous Take-Back event, demonstrating the public’s continued appreciation and need for the opportunity to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs from...